A/N: Thanks for the reviews!!! Please keep em' commin!!!
Chapter 2
Tori laughed, and looked back at Tajah, who was laughing herself. Trisha was at a cheerleading camp, and Conner was at football practice.
"Oh my god." Tori exclaimed. They'd been at the park for two hours. Tawny laughed as she saw one of the juvenile boys try to do a flip off the swings, and fell. The cousins laughed again, knowing they were probably witnessing a traumatic event. Tawny laughed, and then patted her belly.
"They aren't that cute, wanna get lunch?" Tawny asked. Tori, still having a huge smile on her face nodded.
"I knew I wasn't the only one with good humor in the family." Tawny exclaimed. Tori chuckled, and looked up at her cousin.
"I knew I wasn't THE only one in the family." Tori replied. Tawny laughed, the girls had defiantly bonded, and in fact they did it extremely quickly. They walked to the manor, and opened the door to find Trisha and Conner, both just arrived home. Conner dropped his dusty bag on the floor, and Piper gave his a stern look. He glared at her, and then growled, carrying the bag up to his room.
"Hey." Piper greeted. The girls smiled at Piper. Trisha looked up curiously at Tori, who forced a smile back at her. She shrugged off the idea that Trisha always seemed to look at her oddly. Tawny looked down at her sister.
"Trish, you should've been there Derek and John were trying to show off. It was sooo funny." Tawny exclaimed. Trisha laughed and smiled, shaking her head.
"They're so weird." Trisha replied, turning on the T.V.
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"No, Tawny you can't do it forget it." Conner said. He pulled the football back, out of Tawny and Trisha's reach. Tori sat, watching and actually finding the 'lesson' amusing.
"Can you throw?" Conner asked, tossing Tori the football. Tori nodded, caught the ball and stood up.
"Go deep." Trisha mocked to Conner; he laughed, and started running further down the street. Tori found the stitches on the ball, did a hop-step and threw the ball at a perfect spiral.
"Wow. Where'd you learn that?" Tawny asked, watched Conner catch the ball. Tori smiled.
"I don't know it's just one of those things I picked up on growing up in a house with four brothers." Tori replied. The reply made heads turn, and Piper, who was watching from the side, looked at Leo. All of them just realized that they didn't know a lot about Tori's life before that, and now began to get curious. Leo looked up.
"Four brothers?" Leo asked. Tori nodded.
"Eighteen, seventeen, sixteen and fifteen." Tori replied. Leo smiled.
"I bet that toughened you up." Trisha said, making muscle man poses. Tori laughed.
"I guess." Tori exclaimed. Piper laughed, and watched as the sun made it's finale shine of light in the sky.
"Okay, you guys get inside." Piper ordered. Tori paused at the door, thinking how lucky she was, to actually find her real family, even if things were moving a little too fast, at least they cared about her.
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"How can you get up that early?" Tajah asked, walking into the kitchen/family room complex. Taylor followed shortly behind her. Danny looked up from the T.V.
"It's easy when I don't stay up until five in the morning." Danny replied. Tajah looked at Taylor, and both girls shared guilty grins.
"Shut up." Tajah dismissed, walking early to the pantry. She looked at Taylor, made a face out of nowhere, which made her laugh.
"What was that?" Taylor asked, smiling brightly. Tajah shrugged, and looked at her cousin.
"Oh god." Tajah said, rushing to her calendar. Taylor cleared the way, and looked at Danny who shrugged.
"What?" Taylor asked. Tajah flipped through the calendar pages.
"Damn it!" Tajah cursed.
"Watch it!" Danny yelled from the couch. Tajah rolled her eyes, and stared at the calendar.
"What?" Taylor asked again.
"I was supposed to be at softball like twenty minutes ago!" Tajah said. She ran up the stairs, leaving Taylor alone with Danny.
"Oh, god. She does this every week." Danny complained. Taylor smiled.
"Is she good?" Taylor asked. Danny nodded.
"Yeah, she's one of the best on her team, the only problem is she doesn't get to practice." Danny replied. Again, the silence was interrupted by Tajah coming down the stairs, dressed in black short shorts, with white softball socks with a black stripe going up the middle. Her three-quarter length red tee shirt matched the red visor.
"Sorry to leave you alone with- him, but I got to go." Tajah apologized. Taylor shook her head.
"It's not a problem. Uh, when's.." Taylor paused, she tried not to call the adults anything, and she wasn't sure what do call them. Tajah smiled, understanding.
"Your mom getting home?" Taylor asked. Tajah held up her pointer finger, and ran to the closet, and pulled out a black, 'Nike' baseball bag that was really dusty.
"I think like. four." Tajah said.
"I'll be home before then. Hate to spoil your fun but stay in here so if she calls she won't freak." Tajah said, looking at Taylor and Danny. Taylor nodded, and watched as Tajah waved, and orbed out. Danny looked back.
"Do you like the game, Air hockey?" Danny asked, putting drama into his voice. Taylor laughed and nodded.
"Sure." Taylor replied. Danny smiled, and led the way to the basement.
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"Tay, how'd you do?" Paige asked, taking a bite out of her salad.
"Good." "What do you mean?" Two responses came. Taylor laughed.
"Sorry, everyone used to call me Tay." Taylor apologized. Paige laughed and shook her head.
"No it's fine, you two can share it." Paige replied. The girls and Danny laughed. A pause of chewing food was broken, by the gentle sound of the phone. Paige got up.
"Hello?" Paige asked.
"Hey, sis is Taylor there?" Phoebe asked. Paige smiled.
"Yes she is." Paige said, handing Taylor the phone. Taylor took the phone, and put down her fork.
"Hello?" Taylor asked, knowing it could only be so many people.
"Hey, you doin okay?" Phoebe asked. She needed to hear the sound of both their voiced, convince herself once again it was real.
"Yeah." Taylor answered, her voice full of energy.
"Okay, cool I'll be there to pick you up around eight? Is that okay?" Phoebe asked. Taylor picked up her fork again.
"Yep." Taylor said.
"Okay, I'll talk to you later." Phoebe said. Taylor smiled, and hung up the phone. She admitted to herself that it was a comforting feeling, getting a phone call from your mother rather then getting an order from a seven foot huge trainer.
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Tori tossed and turned in her sleep, sweat ran down her tan skin, and dripped onto the pillow. Again, her body jerked, her foot kicking Tawny's bed post.
Tawny, sat in bed, looking at the ceiling. She'd had a blast with her cousin, they both seemed to share the same sense of humor, but this wasn't getting amusing.
"Tori, I love you and everything, you're hilarious. But when it starts disrupting my sleep, it's not funny." Tawny said. Suddenly, everything was quiet. She couldn't even hear the breathing. Struggling to see her cousin in the pitch, black dark, another jerk came from her body.
"Tori?" Tawny asked, sensing something wasn't right. She felt a slimy liquid splatter on her hand. She felt around her dark oat nightstand for the lamp, and clicked it on.
Blood, blood was everywhere, on the mattress, on the linens, on the comforter. On the walls on her bed, on her. Tawny felt her stomach gag, seeing her cousin twitch. Something else caught her glance. Suddenly, a burn started appearing on her left arm. Tawny jumped down off her bed, almost paralyzed. Finally, she found her brain.
"MOM!! DAD!!! Tori wake up. TORI!" Tawny shouted, desperately trying to heal her, but nothing was happening. The burn got deeper, and deeper as Tori's body twitched violently.
Piper and Leo came crashing through her bedroom doors, with Trisha and Conner not far behind.
"Oh my god!" She heard Trisha screech. Leo rushed to his niece's side, trying to wake her up. She finally awoke with a small gasp, and could barley open her eyes. Leo tried to heal her, but nothing happened.
"Conner call 911." Piper ordered. At first, the boy stood watching, trying to think of how something so gruesome could've happened so quietly.
"NOW!" Piper shouted. Conner ran to his parent's room, and picked up the phone. Piper ran to Tori's side.
"Sweetie, don't go back to sleep, don't go back to sleep. Tell me, tell me." Piper stuttered, looking for something to say. Tawny closed her eyes, trying to get away from the blood.
"Basketball." Tawny exclaimed.
"Tori what position do you play in basketball?" Tawny asked, close to tears. She could feel her cousin slowly slip out of consciousness. Tori looked at Tawny, and then closed her eyes.
"Wake up. Tori wake up damn it!" Piper yelled. She yelled Tori's head up, resting on her knees.
"Tawny, we need a story." Piper said. Tawny looked up.
"What?" Tawny asked. Piper rolled her eyes.
"It's not even legal for them to be living with us!" Piper exclaimed. Tawny nodded.
"What do you mean, they just knocked on our door today, looking for Phoebe and Cole who were away." Tawny hinted. Piper nodded.
"And, and you were watching T.V with us, and we heard noises. " Piper said. Tawny nodded.
"Taylor! Call Paige, tell her to orb Taylor over here!" Piper remembered. Tawny nodded, and ran to her parent's room, when Conner was just finishing up.
A/N: Okay tell me?? To fast? It might feel that way, I'll try to slow it down.
Chapter 2
Tori laughed, and looked back at Tajah, who was laughing herself. Trisha was at a cheerleading camp, and Conner was at football practice.
"Oh my god." Tori exclaimed. They'd been at the park for two hours. Tawny laughed as she saw one of the juvenile boys try to do a flip off the swings, and fell. The cousins laughed again, knowing they were probably witnessing a traumatic event. Tawny laughed, and then patted her belly.
"They aren't that cute, wanna get lunch?" Tawny asked. Tori, still having a huge smile on her face nodded.
"I knew I wasn't the only one with good humor in the family." Tawny exclaimed. Tori chuckled, and looked up at her cousin.
"I knew I wasn't THE only one in the family." Tori replied. Tawny laughed, the girls had defiantly bonded, and in fact they did it extremely quickly. They walked to the manor, and opened the door to find Trisha and Conner, both just arrived home. Conner dropped his dusty bag on the floor, and Piper gave his a stern look. He glared at her, and then growled, carrying the bag up to his room.
"Hey." Piper greeted. The girls smiled at Piper. Trisha looked up curiously at Tori, who forced a smile back at her. She shrugged off the idea that Trisha always seemed to look at her oddly. Tawny looked down at her sister.
"Trish, you should've been there Derek and John were trying to show off. It was sooo funny." Tawny exclaimed. Trisha laughed and smiled, shaking her head.
"They're so weird." Trisha replied, turning on the T.V.
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"No, Tawny you can't do it forget it." Conner said. He pulled the football back, out of Tawny and Trisha's reach. Tori sat, watching and actually finding the 'lesson' amusing.
"Can you throw?" Conner asked, tossing Tori the football. Tori nodded, caught the ball and stood up.
"Go deep." Trisha mocked to Conner; he laughed, and started running further down the street. Tori found the stitches on the ball, did a hop-step and threw the ball at a perfect spiral.
"Wow. Where'd you learn that?" Tawny asked, watched Conner catch the ball. Tori smiled.
"I don't know it's just one of those things I picked up on growing up in a house with four brothers." Tori replied. The reply made heads turn, and Piper, who was watching from the side, looked at Leo. All of them just realized that they didn't know a lot about Tori's life before that, and now began to get curious. Leo looked up.
"Four brothers?" Leo asked. Tori nodded.
"Eighteen, seventeen, sixteen and fifteen." Tori replied. Leo smiled.
"I bet that toughened you up." Trisha said, making muscle man poses. Tori laughed.
"I guess." Tori exclaimed. Piper laughed, and watched as the sun made it's finale shine of light in the sky.
"Okay, you guys get inside." Piper ordered. Tori paused at the door, thinking how lucky she was, to actually find her real family, even if things were moving a little too fast, at least they cared about her.
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"How can you get up that early?" Tajah asked, walking into the kitchen/family room complex. Taylor followed shortly behind her. Danny looked up from the T.V.
"It's easy when I don't stay up until five in the morning." Danny replied. Tajah looked at Taylor, and both girls shared guilty grins.
"Shut up." Tajah dismissed, walking early to the pantry. She looked at Taylor, made a face out of nowhere, which made her laugh.
"What was that?" Taylor asked, smiling brightly. Tajah shrugged, and looked at her cousin.
"Oh god." Tajah said, rushing to her calendar. Taylor cleared the way, and looked at Danny who shrugged.
"What?" Taylor asked. Tajah flipped through the calendar pages.
"Damn it!" Tajah cursed.
"Watch it!" Danny yelled from the couch. Tajah rolled her eyes, and stared at the calendar.
"What?" Taylor asked again.
"I was supposed to be at softball like twenty minutes ago!" Tajah said. She ran up the stairs, leaving Taylor alone with Danny.
"Oh, god. She does this every week." Danny complained. Taylor smiled.
"Is she good?" Taylor asked. Danny nodded.
"Yeah, she's one of the best on her team, the only problem is she doesn't get to practice." Danny replied. Again, the silence was interrupted by Tajah coming down the stairs, dressed in black short shorts, with white softball socks with a black stripe going up the middle. Her three-quarter length red tee shirt matched the red visor.
"Sorry to leave you alone with- him, but I got to go." Tajah apologized. Taylor shook her head.
"It's not a problem. Uh, when's.." Taylor paused, she tried not to call the adults anything, and she wasn't sure what do call them. Tajah smiled, understanding.
"Your mom getting home?" Taylor asked. Tajah held up her pointer finger, and ran to the closet, and pulled out a black, 'Nike' baseball bag that was really dusty.
"I think like. four." Tajah said.
"I'll be home before then. Hate to spoil your fun but stay in here so if she calls she won't freak." Tajah said, looking at Taylor and Danny. Taylor nodded, and watched as Tajah waved, and orbed out. Danny looked back.
"Do you like the game, Air hockey?" Danny asked, putting drama into his voice. Taylor laughed and nodded.
"Sure." Taylor replied. Danny smiled, and led the way to the basement.
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"Tay, how'd you do?" Paige asked, taking a bite out of her salad.
"Good." "What do you mean?" Two responses came. Taylor laughed.
"Sorry, everyone used to call me Tay." Taylor apologized. Paige laughed and shook her head.
"No it's fine, you two can share it." Paige replied. The girls and Danny laughed. A pause of chewing food was broken, by the gentle sound of the phone. Paige got up.
"Hello?" Paige asked.
"Hey, sis is Taylor there?" Phoebe asked. Paige smiled.
"Yes she is." Paige said, handing Taylor the phone. Taylor took the phone, and put down her fork.
"Hello?" Taylor asked, knowing it could only be so many people.
"Hey, you doin okay?" Phoebe asked. She needed to hear the sound of both their voiced, convince herself once again it was real.
"Yeah." Taylor answered, her voice full of energy.
"Okay, cool I'll be there to pick you up around eight? Is that okay?" Phoebe asked. Taylor picked up her fork again.
"Yep." Taylor said.
"Okay, I'll talk to you later." Phoebe said. Taylor smiled, and hung up the phone. She admitted to herself that it was a comforting feeling, getting a phone call from your mother rather then getting an order from a seven foot huge trainer.
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Tori tossed and turned in her sleep, sweat ran down her tan skin, and dripped onto the pillow. Again, her body jerked, her foot kicking Tawny's bed post.
Tawny, sat in bed, looking at the ceiling. She'd had a blast with her cousin, they both seemed to share the same sense of humor, but this wasn't getting amusing.
"Tori, I love you and everything, you're hilarious. But when it starts disrupting my sleep, it's not funny." Tawny said. Suddenly, everything was quiet. She couldn't even hear the breathing. Struggling to see her cousin in the pitch, black dark, another jerk came from her body.
"Tori?" Tawny asked, sensing something wasn't right. She felt a slimy liquid splatter on her hand. She felt around her dark oat nightstand for the lamp, and clicked it on.
Blood, blood was everywhere, on the mattress, on the linens, on the comforter. On the walls on her bed, on her. Tawny felt her stomach gag, seeing her cousin twitch. Something else caught her glance. Suddenly, a burn started appearing on her left arm. Tawny jumped down off her bed, almost paralyzed. Finally, she found her brain.
"MOM!! DAD!!! Tori wake up. TORI!" Tawny shouted, desperately trying to heal her, but nothing was happening. The burn got deeper, and deeper as Tori's body twitched violently.
Piper and Leo came crashing through her bedroom doors, with Trisha and Conner not far behind.
"Oh my god!" She heard Trisha screech. Leo rushed to his niece's side, trying to wake her up. She finally awoke with a small gasp, and could barley open her eyes. Leo tried to heal her, but nothing happened.
"Conner call 911." Piper ordered. At first, the boy stood watching, trying to think of how something so gruesome could've happened so quietly.
"NOW!" Piper shouted. Conner ran to his parent's room, and picked up the phone. Piper ran to Tori's side.
"Sweetie, don't go back to sleep, don't go back to sleep. Tell me, tell me." Piper stuttered, looking for something to say. Tawny closed her eyes, trying to get away from the blood.
"Basketball." Tawny exclaimed.
"Tori what position do you play in basketball?" Tawny asked, close to tears. She could feel her cousin slowly slip out of consciousness. Tori looked at Tawny, and then closed her eyes.
"Wake up. Tori wake up damn it!" Piper yelled. She yelled Tori's head up, resting on her knees.
"Tawny, we need a story." Piper said. Tawny looked up.
"What?" Tawny asked. Piper rolled her eyes.
"It's not even legal for them to be living with us!" Piper exclaimed. Tawny nodded.
"What do you mean, they just knocked on our door today, looking for Phoebe and Cole who were away." Tawny hinted. Piper nodded.
"And, and you were watching T.V with us, and we heard noises. " Piper said. Tawny nodded.
"Taylor! Call Paige, tell her to orb Taylor over here!" Piper remembered. Tawny nodded, and ran to her parent's room, when Conner was just finishing up.
A/N: Okay tell me?? To fast? It might feel that way, I'll try to slow it down.